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When the summer moon is full, a beach trip is an epic way to spend the night. With her signature poise, Vampirina and her clan gear up for a festive time at the beach. Keeping her ballet lessons in mind, Vampirina demi-plis on a surfboard, leaps for a volleyball, and finishes each competition with style, even if she doesn't always come out on top. Readers will shout "Brava!" for this third gracefully ghoulish picturebook by duo Anne Marie Pace and LeUyen Pham. Praise for Vampirina Ballerina*"Pham (All the Things I Love About You) and Pace are entirely in sync in this sweetly goth 'how to' for vampirettes under the spell of something more powerful than anything the dark forces can muster: ballet." -Publishers Weekly, starred review"Readers will applaud this elegantly designed, well-told story. Brava, indeed." -Kirkus Reviews"Pace's funny, matter-of-fact advice ("always get a good day's sleep") works in harmony with Pham's expressive watercolor pen-and-ink artwork, which depicts the adorable minivampire leaping and pliing enthusiastically across the pages." -BOOKLIST "The sweet and spooky watercolor and pen-and-ink pictures are filled with motion and portray Vampirina's 'road to ballerinadom' with humor and insight." -School Library Journal"[T]he message that passion, dedication, and patience have beautiful results is inspirational for any reader." -Horn BookPraise for Vampirina Ballerina Hosts a Sleepover"Pace's droll advice contrasts delightfully with Pham's spooky-comical watercolors, . . . and it should prove heartening for readers who feel that their families are a bit different." -Publishers Weekly"[F]illed with humorous details." -School Library Journal"Any gathering at Vampirina's is sure to be a scream." -Horn Book
About the Author
In spite of the adage to write what you know, Anne Marie Pace has never been a vampire, a bear, a ballerina, or a sledding pig. She is the author of a number of published and upcoming picture books, including NEVER EVER TALK TO STRANGERS and A TEACHER FOR BEAR, both published by Scholastic Book Clubs; the VAMPIRINA BALLERINA series, illustrated by LeUyen Pham, published by Disney-Hyperion, which is soon to be a television series from Disney Junior; and PIGLOO, illustrated by Lorna Hussey, published by Henry Holt. Someday, she hopes to write books about what she does know: whistling, baking blue-ribbon-winning chocolate chip cookies, and schlepping kids around in a minivan, if she can find a way to make any of that interesting. Upcoming picture books include GROUNDHUG DAY, illustrated by Christopher Denise (Disney-Hyperion, 2017) , and BUSY-EYED DAY, illustrated by Frann Preston-Gannon (Beach Lane Books, 2018) . She lives with her family in Virginia.
